[ monogatari ]

[winterlive]

Monogatari
by danny



nc-17, jared/jensen, rps au

for the spn_j2_bigbang
art by joosetta
beta, edits and audiencing by traveller (until 3am today, no less)
additional beta and cheerleading by brandil and robanybody

Comments

[giggleloop.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEE!!!!!!!! I have to wait until tonight to read because I'm already running late for work, but YAY! :D

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

hee! i hope you like it! have a good work day! :D

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

*seal clapping*

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

bunnifus. i can't tell if you read it or not. :D

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

Oh, if only I could stay home today and wallow in it. You are so fabulous, my love. *kissface*

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

is it okay if i wallow w/YOU? <3333

[nutkin]

Oh man, I just sat here ALL NIGHT LONG reading this. And of course I don't have anything intelligent to say, but damn, that was completely engrossing and fascinating and I would have been utterly sucked in even if it weren't J2. It's incredibly original in a way that I just wouldn't expect - well, any fic to be, but especially not RPS. In that respect, it really puts the books I've been reading lately to shame. I just wanna print it out and carry it around with me as I thoughtfully reread it! If nothing else, I'll be coming back to it over and over. It's just that good.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

god, thank you so much. i'm a little overwhelmed. <3

[nu-breed.livejournal.com]

I've just sat up till 1.30am and read the whole thing. I'm kind of at a loss as to what to say right now, I'm hoping that maybe I can think of some more coherent feedback at some point.

This is fucking phenomenal. The story itself is so completely original, so engrossing and so utterly consuming. I actually want to read it again and again and just immerse myself in it and I can't wait till I have the chance to do that.

Beautiful, heartbreaking, exciting and hands-down the most incredible piece of fanfiction I've ever read. And it's up there with some of the absolute best FICTION I've ever read, period.

I've always thought your writing was amazing, Danny, and I've always admired you, but with this? You've completely outdone yourself. I'm totally and utterly in awe here. Just. WOW.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

mew. thank you. honestly, i wish i had better things to say that, because i know i'm gonna tell people "thank you" too many times. but it really means a lot that you like it, believe me.

[bathsweaver.livejournal.com]

::HIGH PITCHED NOISES::

WHY MUST I BE AT WORK TODAY, OH WHY?

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

b/c it's thursday!! :D

soon you will be home, don't worry. <3333

[notworthy.livejournal.com]

oh, this was amazing. i just spent the last few hours reading it, and it's been a long time since i was so enthralled by anything, and it was just beautiful. i think i would be more intelligent about it if i wasn't so blown away. it's quite possibly the best thing i've read in a long time.

also, i was poking at the credits and extras page (i like seeing pieces of the process that goes into writing things) and the imperial japanese culture 101 led to a blank powerpoint. it might be my computer being funny, but you never know.

[traveller.livejournal.com]

i believe you need to download/save the ppt and open it from your computer - it won't launch from the web.

-ed.

[velithya]

I was wondering who would post first and then I saw it was you and I made high-pitched noises and pressed F5 for 4 hours until you posted, because I'd read your summary on the comm and was so hyped about it. This was. Um, I don't really know what to say other than it had me absolutely glued to my screen. My heart was in my throat for parts of this and I might possibly have whined a little and flailed my hands around when I found that I'd reached the end and there wasn't any more. Thank you so much for writing this epic - I really really enjoyed it. I'm definitely coming back to read it again. Probably tomorrow. :3

(I did notice a formatting mistake: in part 2, there is a doubled sentence [Jensen shivers, and presses his mouth softly against Jared's. It's warm and almost sleepy, like summer dawning, full of promise.] copied here, for ease of finding it.)

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

zomg fixed!! thank you so much!

and thank you to the eleventh power for your fb. i'm so glad you liked it - it kind of ate my life for a few months there, so it really is good to hear. :D

[amalthia]

I don't suppose you have this story available in a single html file?

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

here you go! (http://danny.talkoncorners.net/mgoneshot.html) :)

[moveablehistory.livejournal.com]

*asdfghjkl* Why must I have an essay due today, WHY?

I've been looking forward to this story since you posted a wee snippet in spn_j2_bigbang, and I absolutely can't wait to read this. :))

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

whenever you're ready, darling. :D

[kirkes-island.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, that was amazing. I've missed two meals while reading, because I just couldn't stop in the middle.

The characters were wonderful, all of them, very vivid. And the storyline, and the angst, and.....everything! It was just all-around great and I'll read it again and again.

(And hey, I could finally put my Japanese classes to good use.)

Kandoushita. Domo arigato.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

what does kandoushita mean? yay omg. i'm so happy you liked it. now go get some food! :D

[altyronsmaker.livejournal.com]

So yeah. I just sat here for almost four hours reading this story.

LOVED it. LOVED.

I have no other comment than that, other than it's going in my list of favorites.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

thank you for reading! i'm so glad you liked it. <3

[iyalode.livejournal.com]

Oh, danny. Stunning. From graphics to content. I can't recall ever reading such a seamless RPS story. Ancient traditions so deeply entrenched that every time a bit of modern day life raised its head I had to remind myself it wasn't set centuries ago.

My god, honey, take a bow. I'm in awe.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

*clutches you tightly*

honey, i just. aigh. this was such a CHANCE to take, y'know, and. you like it, thank GOD. :D thank you so much.

[way2busymom.livejournal.com]

Baby...I'm still in the middle of reading this and...I just...*FLAIL* I promise to give you more coherent squee when I'm all done...but suffice it to say, I gave up actually eating lunch today because reading this won out over food. And that's sayin something...

MAD MAD LOVE.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

eeeeeeee omg where did you stop i must know. <3333333333

[fureux.livejournal.com]

words can't describe how fabulous this is or you are. gold stars for you!

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

*twirls with them!!* thank you so much, sugar. :D

[joosetta.livejournal.com]

This fic ate my soul and I am SO HAPPY. :D You are a genius, Danny. ♥

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

joos, my little angel. you deserve all possible praise. i am so happy to have done this challenge - i got to meet you and luce and sam out of it, which is like the best reward ever. <3

[anashi.livejournal.com]

I've never really stopped in the middle of a story I'm reading to give feedback...but this is soooooooooo good.

I just want you to know how much I'm enjoying the world you've built here. The care you've taken. Thanks.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

where'd you stop! ooh, god, thank you. *pet pet pet*

[estrella30.livejournal.com]

yay yay YAY!!

Im printing this out and taking it with me on vacation, so THANK YOU, my darling! so very excited!!

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

http://danny.talkoncorners.net/mgoneshot.html

that's the story in one shot w/no formatting if you want it that way!! <33333

(also: WHOOPS I'M A RETARD. <3)

[drlense.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, fantastic. I enjoyed this TREMENDOUSLY. I'm sure that I'll be reading and rereading it for years. Thank you, thank you so much.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

i'm so glad you like it. thank you so much for reading. <3

[kashmir1.livejournal.com]

This story moved me to tears.

I have had a fascination with Japanese culture and art since childhood so when I saw this posted at spn_j2_bigbang, I couldn't wait for it to be posted.

It was well worth the wait and then some. This was such a rich story, rife with deceit and love and tradition and honor and beauty. I want to read over and over right away - even though I literally just spent hours reading this. I'll definitely be printing it out so I can re-read anytime I want, not just when at the computer.

This was more than a piece of fan fiction. It felt like a labor of love and I just want to thank you for sharing this with me, us.

Even these words seem inadequate in expressing what this story made me feel, how much I enjoyed it, loved it.

Thank you.

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

it sure as hell was a labor of love, you got that right. <3

as a result, i could not possibly be happier that you liked it. you're superb and i thank you.

(ps: there is one big long unstyled file for printing, if you want it. it's in the extras section. <333)

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

some interpretations and romaji transliterations have changed, it's true. but that's due to 400 years of altered history, like - when the meiji restoration never actually happened because there was no restoration necessary because there was no sakoku period, like. i think i can probably get away with some slight amount of poetic license. :)

i've seen a bunch of sources refer to the things you listed above in about eighteen different ways, so i just picked one i liked and went with it. i may change yu to yuki, though - that really is a big-ass kanji for just two letters. :)

thanks for letting me know, though. i always appreciate constructive stuff like that. <3

[brandil.livejournal.com]

I just read through your comments and got chillbumps and weepy eyed for you.

::smish::

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

BRANDI. *cling*

[crownzeal.livejournal.com]

OMG, I can't wait to read this when I get home but actually *gasped at the word count*

SOOOO excited!!!

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

hee. yeah, man, if you count the deleted scenes, it's over 80K words. :)

i hope you like it!

[madders.livejournal.com]

I've been reading this all day on and off at work... got no work done, but eventually came home and finished reading this though ;o)

And pretty much my only response?

OH. WOW.

I love this. Think I'm going to need to go back and re-read it a few hundred times because I'm sure I missed things, but dayum- this just became one of my new favorite fics!!!

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

thank you so much, dearest. <333 i'm so happy you liked it.

[madame-d.livejournal.com]

Ohmygod, Danny. OHMYGOD. It took me over 4 hours to read this, and my god, it was worth it. My reaction, after the initial squee, went like this, "OMFG! *flapflail* EEEEE! *flailflail* OMYGOD! *flapflapflail*" Sorry, not too helpful.

I cannot believe that, at the time you decided to write it, you knew nothing about Japan; it's hard to believe it when your story (novel? Novella?) takes the reader so deep into Japanese culture and tradition. It took my breath away, the plottiness, and the Japanese-ness of it all (don't mock; your story killed my brain ded), and the sensual, sexy scenes (which they were, rawwwr). I can't even -- *flail*

It's amazing and awesome and wonderful and it blew my mind and made me giggle and made me sniffle at times and, at the end, it made me all wilty and pouty over it being over, because seriously, that's just not fair.

And I'm sorry this isn't very deep, but your story kind of made my brain go 'sloidy, so, you know, once I find a new one, I'll maybe have deeper things to say.

*draws hearts forever*

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

you're such a dear, thank you so much. yeah, i didn't know ANYTHING about japan when i started, so i'm so happy it came through, y'know?

there are deleted scenes and a full gallery in the dvd extras, including a floor plan of kasho takai - if that kind of thing turns your crank like it does me. :D

thanks again for reading, sugar. fb like this makes it all worthwhile. <33333